Mitch Albom Quotes

There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

There is a reason God limits our days.'
'Why?'
'To make each one precious.

"Fairness," he said, 'does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.

There is everything you know and there is everything that happens. When the two do not line up, you make a choice.

The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.

"Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you.
On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it...You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief... But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely.You know what pain is. You know what love is. "All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.

Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.

Life has to end. Love doesn't.

Going back to something is harder than you think.

When you are measuring life, you are not living it.

You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.